A call has been made to urgently enact the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill – which has yet to come into law a year after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour.
Today is the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in favour of John O’Meara and his children, which recognised the rights of cohabiting partners to access the Widow’s / Widower’s Pension, and resulted in commitment to the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill.
To mark the event, Treoir has called for urgent enactment of the legislation
Damien Peelo is CEO of Treoir and he told The KCLR Daily if it’s not enacted soon there will be more cases brought before court. ”I’m hearing from people who are impacted and if the court doesn’t enact the bill soon there will be more people before the courts. We understand these things take time and appreciate that but it’s now a year.”
